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The Southwest Portland Post
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Putting America first may
sound like a noble, patriotic
idea…
Abraham Lincoln once said: “My
dream is of a place and a time where
America will once again be seen as
the last best hope of earth.”
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Donald J. Trump’s inaugural address
offered us exactly the opposite vision,
one of a selfish, insulated America
responsible only to itself.
The new president is committed
only to fixing the supposed “carnage”
here but unconcerned about global
poverty, Earth’s deteriorating
environment and ecosystem, and
human rights here and everywhere.
President Trump made all the usual,
and unfulfillable, promises about
jobs, terrorism, and corruption—and
avoided all the problems he has
always avoided, such as health care
for all, equal opportunity for all, his
own record of irresponsible behavior,
and “a decent respect to the opinions
of mankind.”
Trump doesn’t understand the
difference between patriotism and
nationalism.
Charles de Gaulle did: “Patriotism
is when love of your own people
comes first; nationalism, when hate
for people other than your own comes
first.”
Trump’s “American First” doctrine
was falsely presented as the former
when it clearly is the latter.
Putting America first may sound
like a noble, patriotic idea, but in
reality it reflects a careless, ultimately
dangerous world view.
Walling America off from Mexico,
keeping out Muslims fleeing war
and oppression, denigrating China,
and undermining our European
allies have nothing to do with love
of country.
These promised policies exemplify
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narrow nationalism of the sort that
will reduce respect for the United
States and undermine national
security.
“There are seasons in every
country,” Alexander Hamilton said,
“when noise and impudence pass
current for worth; and in popular
commotions especially, the clamors of
interested and factious men are often
mistaken for patriotism.”
This is such a time, and Donald
Trump is such a man.
Mel Gurtov
Portland
Editor’s Note: Mel Gurtov is professor
emeritus of political science at Portland
State University.
Women’s March on Portland a test of
willingness to be cold and drenched for hours
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
“We specialize in
curb appeal”
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February 2017
I hurried Saturday morning, Jan.
21, to gear up for the Women’s March
on Portland. The temperature was
around 40 degrees but the weather
forecast was for sporadic showers.
After parking in a garage on
Southwest Third Avenue and Alder
Street, I followed the crowd and
made my way as close as I could get
to the main stage near the Morrison
Bridge at Waterfront Park.
It wasn’t long before I was stuck
in an ocean of demonstrators
waiting for the march to begin.
It was around noon that it really
started raining hard.
By 2 p.m. I had gotten to know
my immediate neighbors in the
demonstration. A woman ahead of
me several feet was breastfeeding
a hungry infant.
A young female school teacher
and a mother with three young
children in tow were very nice
and we enjoyed chatting while we
waited. And waited.
People waved signs. Drummers
kept on drumming. People started
chanting, “Let us march, let us
march, let us march!”
Umbrellas became a serious issue
as they blocked vision and it was
difficult to avoid being hit by them.
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